"floor length gown" to me says "whee! no hose and no one will be able to see whatever bruises I've given myself lately knocking my shins into the coffee table!"
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Feb 20, 2008 11:15:49 am PST #451 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Scrappy - Feb 20, 2008 11:17:23 am PST #452 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Floor-length is fun--it REALLY feels like one is dressing up.
Burrell - Feb 20, 2008 11:18:36 am PST #453 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It's not like I've reworn the tea length bridesmaids dresses I have any more than the full length ones. Okay, one. I've reworn exactly one bridesmaids dress, that's it.
Okay, I so need a cup of coffee. I thought I could get through today without it, but no way.
Burrell - Feb 20, 2008 11:20:50 am PST #454 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oo, exciting Scrappy!
You know, we really need a good reason to make everyone dress up again. The last time I dressed up was years ago, right after Franny was born.
Jesse - Feb 20, 2008 11:21:42 am PST #455 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's not like I've reworn the tea length bridesmaids dresses I have any more than the full length ones.
Yeah, me too. Although I only have one of each.
My friend who's been a bridesmaid a million times has most often been told to pick her own dress, not a Bridesmaid Dress. So she was cranky when we were in a wedding together in floor-length satin, but I was just thinking how much worse it could have been.
lisah - Feb 20, 2008 11:22:33 am PST #456 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Shmames Sfranco
ooh! love!
I think I"m going to head out early due to the weather. it sounds like almost everyone else has left anyway.
Maria - Feb 20, 2008 11:22:48 am PST #457 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Happy birthday, Jon! And a happy belated one to Benno!
Don't all the men in the wedding party usually wear tuxes?
Or maybe, like Shrift said, I'm used to that as a Midwestern Thing. Tuxes, expensive/useless/ugly/Prom-y bridesmaid dresses.
It's an Italian-American thing too, though I am starting to see a trend towards tuxes with Windsor knots instead of bowties. Floor-length dresses for the women is the norm. Tea-length is passable if everyone is wearing them and they're in a fabric that connotes cocktail/party dress.
I tried to stay away from the ugly Prom-like dresses, and picked something they could wear again. Oooh, related story: My cousin in France (bridesmaid in my wedding 2 years ago) used the dress as her wedding dress for the civil ceremony in July. I was totally chuffed.
Ginger, I think shrift said the color must be Marine.
ita, I hope that all this is over for you soon.
Dana - Feb 20, 2008 11:24:01 am PST #458 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I let my bridesmaid pick her own dress. But the (two) men were in tuxes.
Maria - Feb 20, 2008 11:24:58 am PST #459 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Muesli:
Yay Scrappy's DH! That wonderful!
Ginger - Feb 20, 2008 11:25:17 am PST #460 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think all of those had marine options. I just wasn't linking right.